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Wildcat Kelley, lookin' mighty paleWas standin' by the sherrif's sideAnd when the sherrif said "I'm sendin' you to jail"Wildcat raised his head and cried

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies aboveDon't fence me inLet me ride through the wide open country that I loveDon't fence me inLet me be by myself in the evenin' breezeListen to the murmur of the cottonwood treesSend me off forever but I ask you pleaseDon't fence me in

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddleUnderneath the western skiesOn my Cayuse, let me wander over yonderTill I see the mountains rise

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commencesGaze at the moon till I lose my sensesI can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fencesDon't fence me in

Wildcat Kelley, back again in townWas sittin' by his sweethearts sideAnd when his sweetheart said "come on let's settle down"Wildcat raised his head and cried

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skiesDon't fence me inLet me ride through the wide open country that I loveDon't fence me inLet me be by myself in the evenin' breezeListen to the murmur of the cottonwood treesSend me off forever but I ask you pleaseDon't fence me in

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddleUnderneath the western skiesOn my Cayuse, let me wander over yonderTill I see the mountains rise

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commencesGaze at the moon till I lose my sensesI can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fencesDon't fence me in